Richard Kent Childs, 75, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at his residence in Liberal, Kansas.   He was born on November 15, 1944 in Arkansas City, Kansas, the son of Orin Lewis and Elsie (Dozer) Childs.   Richard worked for many years at the Beaver Ace Hardware and Beaver County Nursing Home and more recently at The Good Samaritan Society and Wheatridge Park Care Center nursing ho...

Shirley Ann Harbour, age 73, died Thursday, October 22, 2020, at The Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado. She was born June 30, 1947, in Sedalia, Missouri, the daughter of Sherman and Dorothy (Peebles) Morlen. Shirley completed high school and attended cosmetology school. She married Jim Harbour on July 7, 1967, in Liberal, Kansas. Shirley was a hair stylist at Chat & Curl and Com...

Terry Clinton Clinesmith, age 85, passed away after a battle with cancer, on September 25, 2020, in Walnut Creek, California. Terry was born October 3, 1934, in Rolla, Kansas. After attending high school in Rolla, Terry joined the US Navy and was trained as a communication technician in the cryptographic code section. Terry spent the majority of his life in the communication field with Pacific...

Gary Keith Purcell of Stillwater, Oklahoma left this world on October 21, 2020 to be with his Savior Jesus. Gary was born in Liberal, Kansas on July 18, 1950 to Forrest and Frances Purcell. He was welcomed home by his sister, Jeanne, and brother, Larry. Gary started his life on a farm outside of Hugoton, Kansas. Later his family relocated to grandparent’s farm on the outskirts of Hooker, Oklahom...

Elmer W.  Schmidt, 91, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. He was born to Bernhard and Lena (Wedel) on October 11, 1929, in Newton, Kansas. Elmer and Shirley Ann Friesen were married on April 12, 1957. She preceded him in death on April 27, 2007.  To this union there were four children Kristy, Loren, Kevin, and Kerry. Elmer was a...

Raenola Gaye Hanson, of Tyrone, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family, on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Wheatridge after a 14 year battle with dementia. She was born July 14, 1952 in Liberal, KS, to Joel Clint (J.C.) Curtis and Velma May Rains Curtis. She Graduated Liberal High School in 1970. On June 10, 1972, she married Mike Hanson in Liberal, KS. Raenola and Mike ...

Justin Roa, 88, of Liberal, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at the Liberal Good Samaritan Center. Justin was born in Aspermont, Texas on April 14, 1932, to Ramón Roa and Guadalupe López Roa. He spent his youth in Aspermont with his 17 brothers and sisters. He loved music and taught himself how to play the guitar as a teenager and created his first band by the age of 17. He marrie...

Merle G. Krause, age 90, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at Brookdale Liberal Springs, Liberal, Kansas. He was born June 29, 1930, at Talmage, Kansas, the son of Fred and Emma (Berbermeyer) Krause.  As a young boy he attended school at a rural country school until the age of seven, moving with his family to Scott City, Kansas.  He later graduated from Scott City High School in 1948.�...

Margie was born February 11, 1935, in Holly, Colorado, to Perry and Katherine Barnes.   The family moved to a dugout west of Ulysses when she was very young.  These were very lean times.  She recalled spending lots of times outdoors playing with lots of cats and her older brother Bill and younger siblings, Homer and Ava.     Margie met Loren Puyear on a blind double-date....

Jerrell DeWane Nightingale was born to Reuben and Tena Smith Nightingale on September 3, 1942, in Okeene, Oklahoma.  He passed away October 19, 2020, at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas, following a lengthy illness.  His sojourn was 78 years.    He grew up with his siblings on the family farm southeast of Fairview, Oklahoma.  He received his education at Progressive School, a near...